Question

Southern Tours is considering acquiring Holiday Vacations. Management believes Holiday Vacations can generate cash flows of $218,000, $224,000, and $238,000 over the next three years, respectively. After that time, they feel the business will be worthless. If the desired rate of return is 14.5 percent, what is the maximum Southern Tours should pay today to acquire Holiday Vacations?

Answer 1

Answer:

$519,799.59

Explanation:  

Discount rate = R = 14.50%

Year    Cash flows     Discount factor     PV of cash flows

1            218,000.00          0.873362            190,393.0131  

2           224,000.00          0.762762           170,858.6793

3           238,000.00          0.666168            158,547.9011

          Total of PV = NPV =                           $519,799.59

Note:

Df = 1/(1+R)^Year

PV of cash flows = Cash flows x Df